Discriminatory hiring policies.

Lack of self-confidence.

A ‘look-the-other-way’ attitude from many teaching associations and ELT professionals.

Belief that things will never change.

It’s been the skeleton in the cupboard for way too long.

NESTs (in)directly benefit from the prejudice against NNESTs.

Turning down qualified, experienced and proficient teachers based only on their country of origin undermines professionalism, deprives students of some great teachers and has a negative effect on our profession as a whole.

"The notion of a broader vocabulary range is a myth. Most NSs have no idea of how many words they know or use, and I don’t know of any tables comparing lexical range between sets of NSs or NNSs. A huge mythology is ‘out there." - David Crystal